http:// http:// A long long time ago In a galaxy far far awaymeta tags were the key component to search engine rankings. Okay it was about 2 years ago but thats a long time in the Internet galaxy. Although still relevant the evil empireer Darth Google has led a movement by the search engines to deemphasize their importance. Despite this effort meta tags are still important. They represent the only method for a site owner to exert some control over how pages are listed in search engine results. What The Heck Is A Meta Tag? Meta tags are html code blocks that tell a search engine what a particular site page is about. Meta tags are not visible on the pages of your site. You can however see them for most sites by clicking the view and then source tab on the Explorer Browser. Meta tags can be difficult to explain so lets take a look at one of our clients sites. BusinessTaxRecovery.com is listed in the number 1 position on Yahoo and MSN if you do a search f Meta_Tags___An_Introduction.html Okay you have a domain name layout and content. Now we get to a step that will go a long way to determining how the site will rank. Yes we are going to focus on two infamous topics meta tags and keyword density. Meta Tags Meta tags are html code blocks that tell a search engine what is on a particular site page. Meta tags are not visible on the pages of your site but search engine robots focus on them. Three different meta tags should appear on each page of your site. The meta title essentially acts as the title of the page. When you do a search on Google the meta title is the first underlined text in each listing. The content of the meta title should include the keywords you want to push with the most important being listed first. Each word should be included no more than 2 times and the total word count should not exceed 13 words. The meta description tag allows for an expansion of the meta title. Use short sentences to emphasize the who what why How_To_Start_An_Internet_Business___Meta_Tags__and_Keyword_Density.html Ive written about META tags in the past and I thought Id help you expand your search engine optimization efforts and increase your web hits. Rule 1 META tags always go in between the HEAD tags on your website. Rule 2 NEVER include any line breaks in any META tag! Most everyone knows the two basic META tags keywords and description. Keywords should be in a descending order of importance. Move your most important keywords to the front and dont repeat yourself e.g. autopartsauto partsAuto Parts. Keep the list short to about 25 keywords. If you cater to more than one ethnic group of people consider keywords in other languages. Lastly eliminate spaces between the words. Make them comma instead of comma space. Descriptions should also be kept short and to the point. Around 100125 characters is about the max usable length. Make sure you use a few important keywords in your description be informative but brief. Web designers should inclu So_Much_About_META_Tags.html Are you working on getting your web site up onto the internet? There are a few different elements you need to think about when first putting up your new web site. Starting with the basics and building from there is the best way to go. Optimizing your web site and getting it ready for the Internet World to see is what you need to concentrate on first. Here are a few helpful hints to get you on your way to success. When optimizing your web site and making sure it is ready for the search engines to crawl frequently there are a few key areas that you need to pay attention to. The three main fundamentals for creating successful search engine optimization are Link popularity Meta tag creation and optimizing your web site. We will specifically concentrate on creating meta tags to help optimize any web site. What is a Meta Tag? A meta tag can be found in the html code within a web page. Each meta tag is used by the search engines to determine what y Meta_Tags_Help_Optimize_Your_Web_Site_Rankings.html The robots meta tag when used properly will tell the search engine spiders whether or not to index and follow a particular page. For the purposes of this article we will be using the symbols to represent the lt gt in html coding. Some examples of robot usage are as follows meta namerobots contentindexfollow meta namerobots contentnoindexfollow meta namerobots contentindexnofollow meta namerobots contentnoindexnofollow Let us first examine what these terms mean before we explain the usage for each one index This directive tells the search engine robots or spiders that it is okay to index the page. Another words you are allowing the search engine to include your page within their search directory. noindex Using this tag you are informing the robots that this page should not be indexed. Simply put this page will not appear in their search directory. follow When you Effectively_Using_Robots_Meta_Tags.html The META tags are used to provide extra information about a web page. There was once a time where a good search engine ranking could be achieved by simply changing the value of the META tags. However these days are long gone. Nowadays the META Tags are decreasing in importance in the eyes of the search engines who are using more sophisticated methods of ranking pages namely link popularity optimized anchor text. There are many different types of META tags but the one that can affect ranking are the Keywords META tag and the Description META tag. Keywords META tag This tag contains keywords relevant to a page. In the past search engines referenced this to determine how to rank a particular page. However many people started to abuse this and stuffed the tag with keywords that were not relevant to the content of the page. This confused search engines and subsequently returned weaker search results. To combat this less and less emphasis has been placed on the Keywo META_Tags_Explained_and_How_To_Use_Them_For_Ranking.html Defining Meta Tags is much easier than explaining how they are used and by which engines. The reason is very few engines clearly lay out what they do and do not look at and how much emphasis they put on any one factor. So well start with the easy part Meta Tags are lines of HTML code embedded into web pages that are used by search engines to store information about your site. These tags contain keywords descriptions copyright information site titles and more. They are among the numerous things that the search engines look for when trying to evaluate a web site. Meta Tags are not required when youre creating web pages. Unfortunately many web site operators who dont use them are left wondering why the saying If I build it they will come didnt apply to their site. Theres also a few naysayers in the search engine optimization industry who claim that Meta Tags are useless. You can believe them if you like but you would be wise not to. While not techn Meta_Tags_-_What_Are_They_and_Which_Search_Engines_Use_Them.html There are certain tricks and techniques in SEO industry which can fetch you real quick and top ranking in short run and get banned for ever which I am discussing in this article. Before optimizing any site always follow code of ethics and never spam. In this article I will be discussing about meta tags. How to use the them effectively without spamming. Its not just another article about meta tags. Read on to find out more.. Meta Tags are very important for your websites visibility. Many search engines read them from your site when you submit it to them. META tags were developed and made a HTML standard for the purpose of addressing specific information about your web page that does not affect the way your page actually looks. 1. Overstuffing Metatags Believe me or not there are still many people and web masters around who think that meta tags are magic bullet. Its not anymore. Mistake No. 1 Stuffing keywords in Title Mistake No. 2 S Using_Meta_Tags_Wisely_to_Attract_Search_Engines_and_Visitors.html Okay you have a domain name layout and content. Now we get to a step that will go a long way to determining how the site will rank. Yes we are going to focus on two infamous topics meta tags and keyword density. Meta Tags Meta tags are html code blocks that tell a search engine what is on a particular site page. Meta tags are not visible on the pages of your site but search engine robots focus on them. Three different meta tags should appear on each page of your site. The meta title essentially acts as the title of the page. When you do a search on Google the meta title is the first underlined text in each listing. The content of the meta title should include the keywords you want to push with the most important being listed first. Each word should be included no more than 2 times and the total word count should not exceed 13 words. The meta description tag allows for an expansion of the meta title. Use short sentences to emphasize the who what why How_To_Start_An_Internet_Business__Meta_Tags_and_Keyword_Density.html Getting your site noticed by the search engines and rewarded with top rankings is most webmasters main goal however there are a lot of different factors that play into what the search engines are looking for including Meta tags. So if you dont know anything about meta tags but are interested in learning about them so you can use them to possibly increase your rankings then read the following basic tips regarding meta tags. The more educated you are about what search engines are looking for the better you will be able to respond and rise in the rankings. Basic 1 Information When it comes to your Meta tags you want them to contain key information about your website as well as your top keywords. Make sure they keywords are in the title as well as in the body of the text. The point of this is when someone searches for particular keywords that are in your Meta tag this information will be displayed on the search page giving searchers a bit of in depth information ab Meta_Tag__Tactics_-_Give_Your_Website_Traffic_a_Boost_with_the__Meta_T.html Meta tags are an absolute must from a search engine optimisation perspective there are many mistakes that can be made by not including these or even trying to spam the SEs using them so heres a quick summary of the three main ones Meta Page Title Tag The title tag is supported by all search engines and should be considered as the most important element in your optimisation process. Why is this you may ask? Well the page title is the first thing search engine spiders and human visitors will see. Your title appears at the top of the page in the browser and the title also becomes the clickable link in the search engine listings and should therefore be concise accurate and include your keywords. Meta Description Tag The meta description tag is supported by most of the search engines it is not as important as the Title Tag because the web page viewer will not see it but the description is sometimes used in the search listings under the title tag and as such Meta_Tags_-_An_Important_Part_of_Every_Web_Page.html